Statue of Liberty

NEWPORT NEWS — All is peaceful in the tree-lined neighborhood that will be his home for another six weeks. Five thousand miles away, where his family awaits his return, there is uncertainty and fear.

Yevheniy Senchenko gathers what he can from news reports, but they tell him little he doesn't already know from his own sources. His family lives in Sumy, a city of nearly 300,000 people in northeastern Ukraine. The Russian border, and Vladimir Putin's troops, are 30 miles away.

In the hallways of Denbigh High School, where he is spending the academic year as an exchange student, Senchenko goes about his day. After the 2:05 bell, he's off to soccer practice. But all the while, his...

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